We All Need Reminders

After four years of chattering about it, some close calls, some flip-flopping, I did it,I got my first tattoo during this weekend's trip with my dear Ashley Ford to visit our Akron Family (not that Akron Family). All our Akron people said GOOD LIFE IS THE PLACE. Brian there hooked us up really nice. Ashley got "Anything Beautiful" on her shoulder, that being a nod at our pal Nick Sturm's massiveheart poem "I FEEL YES" (you'll see it soon in Forklift SO GET STOKED NOW). It looks good on her, so goooood! And I got the only first tattoo I could really see stamped on my bod, the only thing that I need on me right now. "We are clouds and terrible things happen in clouds." Dean Young said that. He says lots of beautiful and thumping things. That's from his poem, "Frottage," wowwow poem. This thing means YOU KNOW THIS DEAL WITH IT. This thing means MOVE FORWARD. This thing means WATCH OUT. This thing means I FEEL A RUMBLE YET IM BEAUTIFUL. I woke up this morning and couldn't believe it, this thing exists, I exist, the terrible exist. Let's rumble on, alright?

Matt Hart, pal of DY, got a big kick out of my tattoo, sent it to Dean, very nice.

Tattoo Ideas

1) "We are clouds, and terrible things happen in clouds" from Dean Young's Frottage; probably on my side; am I a big enough Dean Young fan for this?; epigraph for one of my favorite collections: Donkey Gospel by Hoagland; Clouds around the letters/behind maybe.

2) The Away With Vega man from the cover of recovery (see below); probably on calf or low maybe my chest; no band name with it though; probably wouldn't hurt much since it wouldn't be filled in, I'm told; maybe cheapest too?; favorite band tribute



3) Disc golf basket (see below); just logo like on Aviar putter; probably calf; have I been a disc golfer long enough? More importantly, am I good enough?